Clallam County

Free dance workshops being held this week

“Movement for People Who Don’t Consider Themselves Dancers,” a free workshop with teacher Bill Evans, will be offered at 5 p.m. Tuesday.… Continue reading

Christine Rose of Port Angeles and her children, Eliabeth Poindexter, 8, and Rowan Poindexter, 4, examine a display of rocks and crystals at the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association’s Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The two-day event showcased a wide variety of exhibits and vendors offering crystals, minerals, rocks and gemstones from around the world. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Gem show

Christine Rose of Port Angeles and her children, Eliabeth Poindexter, 8, and Rowan Poindexter, 4, examine a display of rocks and crystals at the Clallam… Continue reading

Christine Rose of Port Angeles and her children, Eliabeth Poindexter, 8, and Rowan Poindexter, 4, examine a display of rocks and crystals at the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association’s Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The two-day event showcased a wide variety of exhibits and vendors offering crystals, minerals, rocks and gemstones from around the world. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
John Graham of Sequim, right, talks with Richard Fife, owner of Port Angeles-based Strait Comfort Systems, at the 38th annual KONP Home Show on Saturday at Port Angeles High School. The event featured dozens of exhibitors and displays centered on homes, home improvement and lifestyles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Home Show exhibit

John Graham of Sequim, right, talks with Richard Fife, owner of Port Angeles-based Strait Comfort Systems, at the 38th annual KONP Home Show on Saturday… Continue reading

John Graham of Sequim, right, talks with Richard Fife, owner of Port Angeles-based Strait Comfort Systems, at the 38th annual KONP Home Show on Saturday at Port Angeles High School. The event featured dozens of exhibitors and displays centered on homes, home improvement and lifestyles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County District 2 firefighters work at the scene of a fire that destroyed a mobile home on East Fifth Avenue in Gales Addition east of Port Angeles on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

No people hurt in mobile home fire at Gales Addition

Two cats found dead

Clallam County District 2 firefighters work at the scene of a fire that destroyed a mobile home on East Fifth Avenue in Gales Addition east of Port Angeles on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Peninsula College revamping its application, enrollment process

Trustees learn about new testing, onboarding plans

Jon Buonpane of Forks looks over a few of the many wooden items — many made by Olympic Corrections Center inmates — featured during the 2023 Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction on Saturday. The auction, which continued on Sunday, offered more than 1,000 items to raise money for scholarships for Forks High School graduates. The annual event was accompanied this year by the inaugural Forever Twilight in Forks Equinox, which ran from Friday through Sunday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Scholarship auction

many made by Olympic Corrections Center inmates — featured during the… Continue reading

Jon Buonpane of Forks looks over a few of the many wooden items — many made by Olympic Corrections Center inmates — featured during the 2023 Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction on Saturday. The auction, which continued on Sunday, offered more than 1,000 items to raise money for scholarships for Forks High School graduates. The annual event was accompanied this year by the inaugural Forever Twilight in Forks Equinox, which ran from Friday through Sunday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

EYE ON THE PENINSULA: County boards to hear DNR income reports

Government meetings across North Olympic Peninsula

A GROWING CONCERN: Prepare your soil for spring

THE LONG ANTICIPATED Spring officially begins Monday, March 20, 2:24 p.m. (PDT) and with spring, thoughts of rebirth, blooms, warm weather and outdoor activities play… Continue reading

Abilene Christian dean’s list set

Riley Pyeatt, of Sequim, was named to the fall 2022 dean’s list at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. Pyeatt is a… Continue reading

Clallam County job fair planned

The spring Clallam County job fair is set for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday. The fair will be held in the… Continue reading

Education-related bills in state Legislature

Gov. Jay Inslee’s proposed $70.4 billion 2023-25 budget includes $120 million for special education… Continue reading

EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive… Continue reading

Ryan Koher, seen here with his wife Annabel in 2016, was recently released from detention in Mozambique were he was held on unspecified charges of supporting terrorism while working for a Christian missionary organization. The Kohers lived for a time in Port Angeles. (Courtesy photo / Joanne Tisch)

Former Port Angeles resident released from custody in Mozambique

Missionary was held on undetermined charges

Ryan Koher, seen here with his wife Annabel in 2016, was recently released from detention in Mozambique were he was held on unspecified charges of supporting terrorism while working for a Christian missionary organization. The Kohers lived for a time in Port Angeles. (Courtesy photo / Joanne Tisch)

Highway reopened to two lanes at Indian Creek

The state Department of Transportation has reopened U.S. Highway 101 to two-way traffic at Indian Creek, west of Port Angeles. Work crews… Continue reading

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OPHS to offer spay, neuter services

Bi-monthly clinics to begin on Monday

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Mason Wilcox-Olton, 8, of Port Angeles casts a shadow on a high-banked curve at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield on Wednesday. The track, the largest of its type in the Northwest, caters to a wide variety of wheeled conveyances and the first in the country to have an adaptive track element.
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Pump track tricks in Port Angeles

Mason Wilcox-Olton, 8, of Port Angeles casts a shadow on a high-banked curve at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield on Wednesday. The… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Mason Wilcox-Olton, 8, of Port Angeles casts a shadow on a high-banked curve at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield on Wednesday. The track, the largest of its type in the Northwest, caters to a wide variety of wheeled conveyances and the first in the country to have an adaptive track element.
US Lighthouse Society The Slip Point Light Station is seen at an earlier time.

Slip Point Light Station registration considered

Historic designation, conveyance to Clallam County viewed

US Lighthouse Society The Slip Point Light Station is seen at an earlier time.
Port Angeles Schools Superintendent Marty Brewer says state funding for special education is woefully inadequate.

Special ed funding boost moves forward

Peninsula superintendents say it’s sorely needed

Port Angeles Schools Superintendent Marty Brewer says state funding for special education is woefully inadequate.
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Tidepools magazine contest winners announced

Organizers of the 2023 Tidepools Magazine art, photography, writing, and music contest have announced the winners. Contest winners will receive notification, including… Continue reading

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show on KONP 1450 AM, 101.7 FM in… Continue reading